Fish-line releaser.



H. LEVY. FISH LINE RELEASER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1912.

Patented Nov. 19, 1912.

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FISH-LINE RELEASER.

' Specification of Iietters Patent.

Patented Nov."19, 1912.

Application filed March 27, 1912. Serial No. 686,881.

Hi all whom it may com-em:

Be it known that I, HARRY LEVY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fish-Line Releasers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for detaching a fish hook from a submerged obstruction, the device being embodied in a Weight or hammer adapted to slide on an approximately vertical fishing line and to strike the submerged hook thereon with con-' siderable force, calculated to drive the barb of the hook downwardly and detach it from an obstruction, a controlling cord being attached to the device whereby it may be recovered after detaching the hook, or caused to break the line at a point near the book if the latter is not detachable, the line being released in either case.

The invention has for its object to provide an improved device of this character having certain desirable characteristics hereinafter described.

The invention consists in the improvements which I will now proceed to describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a'line releaser embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side view of the same, the weight being shown in section and adjusted to expose the line-receiving opening. Fig. 3 represents in separate views the two parts of the parts being shown in elevation and the other in section.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all the figures.

My improved hook detacher comprises a looped bar a, preferably composed of a length of stout-wire, and a weight or hammer b which is preferably of cylindrical form, the said parts being preferably made of brass or other suitable metal. The end portions 12 and 13 of the looped bar are straight and in alinement with each other, and have external screw threads 14 and 15 respectively. Said end portions are se arated by an opening 16 through which a sh line,27 may be inserted in the loop. The weight b is provided with a longitudinal opening 17 havingan internal screw thread 18 adapted to engage the threads 14 and 15 and thus rigidly connect or couple together a submerged obstruction 21, as

the end portions 12 and 13 and cover the openin 16 shown by Fig. 1, the device comprising the looped bar and weight being'thus converted into a continuous loop adapted to"'slide on a fish line. The. weight 6 1s adapted to be adjusted longitudinally to the position shown by Fig. 2 by portion 12, the screw thread connection between the parts' causing an endwise movement of the weight and removing the weight suificiently from the opening 16 to expose a portion of the latter sufiiciently to permit insertion of a fish line.

19 represents a controlling cord attached at one end to the looped bar a, the cord being of sufficient length to'be held by an angler at a distance from a submerged fish hook 20 which may have been engaged with indicated by Fig. 1.

The looped bar a mately the form of of which the end one of the sides.

The angle or angular portion 22 of the bar opposite the side formed by the end portions 12 and 13 is adapted to confine the at-' tached end of the controlling cord 19 at a point opposite the opening 16 so that when the closed releaser is'applied to a fishing line and allowed to slide downwardly thereon, the controlling cord 19 may be held by the operator in such manner as to cause the weight b to hang hook 20, as indicated by Fig. 1.

' When the hook has been caught by a submerged obstruct-ion, the angler opens the re leaser by adjusting the weight as shown by Fig. 2, applies it to the line, then adjusts the weight to close the opening 16, and finally allows the releaser to slide down wardly upon the line. When the releaser reaches the bend of the hook 20 one of the angles of the looped bar at one end of the an equilateral triangle portions 12 and 13 forni weight strikes the bend of the hook usually with sufiicient force to detach the hook from the obstruction, the weight hanging vertically and advantageously exerting on the hook the force due to its momentum in sliding downwardly. If the hook is not released by the described operation, the releaser may be pulled inwardly by the angler with sutficient force to break the line at a point near the hook, thus reducing tothe minimum the loss of line material.

wheif the weight is adjusted, as

downwardly from the" rotating it on the end preferably has approxiprising a looped The straight or screw threaded end portions of the looped bar and the internally threaded weight enable the end portions of the bar to be firmly coupled together so that there is no liability of their separation by a pull exerted on the cord 19.

I prefer to form the internal thread 18 in one end portion only of the opening 17, the opposite end portion being smooth. or unthreaded, as indicated by Fig. '3.

While 1 consider the triangular form of the looped bar desirable, I do not limit my- .self thereto and may make the portion of the bar which connects the ends 12 and '13 of any other suitable form. The triangular form of the looped bar is also desirable because its angles at the ends of the Weight are adapted to catch on a sinker 28 attached to'the fish line near the hook, and cause the breakage of the line below the sinker in case the hook is not detachable from the obstruction.

The construction of the device is such that it presents no sharp edges or angles liable to scrape the enamel from a fish line.

I claim:

51. A device of the character stated combar having straight screwtogether, the bar being threaded end ortions in alinement with each other and separated .by an opening, and an internally threaded wei ht longitudinally adjustable on the straigdit end portions of the bar to expose and cover said opening and adapted to engage the threads on the end portions to couple said portions ormed approximately as an equilateral triangle, having a side which is formed by the straight end portions, and a cord-engaging angle opposite said side.

2. A device of the character stated comprising a bar bent to form a plurality of angles, one of the sides of the loop being open between two of said angles, and a weight adjustable upon the open side and adapted to obstruct and expose said opening, the ends of the weight being in close proximity to the adjacent an les and adapted to cooperate therewith in breaking a fish line, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY LEVY.

Witnesses:

G. F. BROWN, C. S. KIMBALL. 

